2005. december 1., csütörtök újrajátszása

A 2005. december 1. egy csütörtök volt a csillagjegy alatt. Ez volt az év 334 napja. Az Egyesült Államok elnöke George W. Bush volt.

Ha ezen a napon születtél, akkor 20 éves vagy. Az utolsó születésnapod 2025. december 1., hétfő, 214 napja volt. A következő születésnapod 2026. december 1., kedd napon lesz, 150 nap múlva. 7 519 napot élt, vagy körülbelül 180 475 órát, vagy körülbelül 10 828 518 percet vagy körülbelül 649 711 080 másodpercet.

Néhány ember, aki megosztja ezt a születésnapot:

  • Pablo Escobar (drogbáró, politikus, vállalkozó, Született: 1949. december 1.)
  • Woody Allen (drámaíró, dzsesszzenész, filmproducer, filmrendező, filmszínész, forgatókönyvíró, humorista, karakterszínész, klarinétművész, sci-fi-író, szerző, zeneszerző, zenész, író, újságíró, Született: 1935. december 1.)
  • Zoë Kravitz (filmszínész, modell, szinkronszínész, színész, televíziós színész, énekes, Született: 1988. december 1.)
  • III. Vlad havasalföldi fejedelem (uralkodó, Született: 1431. november 22.)
  • Jen Psaki (politikus, Született: 1978. december 1.)
  • Georgij Konsztantyinovics Zsukov (katona, politikus, Született: 1896. december 1.)
  • Riz Ahmed (filmrendező, filmszínész, forgatókönyvíró, rapper, színész, televíziós színész, zenész, énekes, Született: 1982. december 1.)
  • Richard Pryor (filmrendező, filmszínész, forgatókönyvíró, humorista, televíziós producer, televíziós színész, önéletrajzíró, újságíró, Született: 1940. december 1.)
  • Quintus Pontius Pilatus (hivatalnok, politikus, Született: 12. december 3.)
  • Sarah Silverman (filmszínész, forgatókönyvíró, gitáros, humorista, szinkronszínész, színész, televíziós producer, televíziós színész, énekes, Született: 1970. december 1.)
  • Sedat Peker (bűnöző, leleplező, Született: 1970. december 1.)
  • Aiko hercegnő (arisztokrata, diák, Született: 2001. december 1.)
  • Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll (arisztokrata, előkelőség, író, Született: 1912. december 1.)
  • Bette Midler (filmproducer, filmszínész, humorista, szinkronszínész, színházi színész, színész, televíziós színész, zenész, énekes, Született: 1945. december 1.)
  • Dániai Alexandra brit királyné (arisztokrata, fényképész, Született: 1844. december 1.)
  • Verónica Forqué (filmrendező, filmszínész, színházi színész, Született: 1955. december 1.)
  • Emily Mortimer (filmproducer, filmszínész, forgatókönyvíró, színházi színész, színész, televíziós rendező, televíziós színész, újságíró, Született: 1971. december 1.)
  • Janelle Monáe (balett-táncos, előadóművész, filmszínész, színész, zenei producer, zeneszerző, énekes-dalszerző, Született: 1985. december 1.)
  • Vijay Mallya (elnök, politikus, vállalkozó, Született: 1955. december 1.)
  • Matthew Shepard (diák, Született: 1976. december 1.)
  • Sebastián Piñera (befektető, konzultáns, közgazdász, mérnök, politikus, sportmenedzser, üzletember, Született: 1949. december 1.)
  • Ahmad ibn Hanbal (Ulema, fakíh, Született: 780. november 27.)
  • Yolandi Visser (színész, énekes, Született: 1984. december 1.)
  • Im Sivan (filmszínész, színész, televíziós színész, énekes, Született: 1988. december 1.)
  • Jaco Pastorius (basszusgitáros, dzsesszzenész, előadóművész, zenekarvezető, zeneszerző, zenész, Született: 1951. december 1.)
  • Treat Williams (filmproducer, filmszínész, gyermekkönyvíró, gyártó, rendező, színházi színész, színész, televíziós színész, Született: 1951. december 1.)
  • Chanel Preston (filmszínész, pornószínész, Született: 1985. december 1.)
  • David Hornsby (filmproducer, filmszínész, forgatókönyvíró, szinkronszínész, színész, televíziós producer, televíziós színész, Született: 1975. december 1.)
  • Tyler Joseph (gitáros, rapper, zenei producer, zeneszerző, zongorista, énekes, énekes-dalszerző, Született: 1988. december 1.)
  • Szun Jang (úszó, Született: 1991. december 1.)
  • Jean Racine (drámaíró, költő, librettista, műfordító, szerző, történész, író, Született: 1639. december 1.)
  • Tim Sweeney (videójáték-fejlesztő, üzletember, Született: 1970. december 1.)
  • Rick Scott (jogász, politikus, vállalkozó, üzletember, Született: 1952. december 1.)
  • Salvatore Schillaci (labdarúgó, színész, Született: 1964. december 1.)
  • Katherine LaNasa (balett-táncos, filmszínész, koreográfus, színész, televíziós színész, üzletember, Született: 1966. december 1.)
  • Nestor Carbonell (filmszínész, szinkronszínész, színházi színész, színész, televíziós színész, Született: 1967. december 1.)
  • Jeremy Northam (filmszínész, színházi színész, televíziós színész, énekes, Született: 1961. december 1.)
  • Zhu De (politikus, Született: 1886. december 1.)
  • Nora von Waldstätten (filmszínész, szinkronszínész, színházi színész, Született: 1981. december 1.)
  • Édouard Baer (filmproducer, filmrendező, filmszínész, forgatókönyvíró, rendező, rádiós műsorvezető, színházi színész, színész, televíziós színész, Született: 1966. december 1.)
  • Mike Ashley (vezérigazgató, üzletember, Született: 1964. december 1.)
  • Nadia Hilker (filmszínész, modell, színész, Született: 1988. december 1.)
  • Neil Warnock (labdarúgó, labdarúgóedző, Született: 1948. december 1.)
  • Natasha O'Keeffe (filmszínész, színházi színész, színész, Született: 1986. december 1.)
  • John Densmore (dalszerző, dobos, filmrendező, színész, táncművész, Született: 1944. december 1.)
  • Gilbert O'Sullivan (előadóművész, zeneszerző, zongorista, énekes, énekes-dalszerző, Született: 1946. december 1.)
  • Luís de Camões (drámaíró, katona, költő, író, Született: 1524. november 21.)
  • Minoru Yamasaki (építész, Született: 1912. december 1.)
  • Claire Chazal (szakszervezeti tisztségviselő, televízióműsor-vezető, író, újságíró, Született: 1956. december 1.)
  • Chanel Iman (modell, Született: 1990. december 1.)

1st of December 2005 News

A New York Times címlapján megjelent hírek 2005. december 1.

News Summary

Date: 02 December 2005

Full Article

Senate Summons Pentagon To Explain Effort to Plant Reports in Iraqi News Media

Date: 02 December 2005

By ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID S. CLOUD; Jeff Gerth contributed reporting for this article

Eric SCHMITT

Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, John W Warner, summons top Pentagon officials to closed-door session to explain reported secret military campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media; White House also expresses deep concerns about program, which is said to employ public relations firm Lincoln Group to translate articles written by American troops into Arabic; Gen George W Casey Jr initially protested that program should not be discussed publicly because it is classified; senior Pentagon official reportedly called Casey's response inadequate; photos (M)

Full Article

News Summary

Date: 01 December 2005

Full Article

U.S. Is Said to Pay to Plant Articles in Iraq Papers

Date: 01 December 2005

By JEFF GERTH and SCOTT SHANE; Eric Schmitt contributed reporting from Washington for this article, and Kirk Semple and Edward Wong from Baghdad

Jeff GERTH

United States military is said to be engaged in multimillion-dollar covert campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media and pay friendly Iraqi journalists monthly stipends; Lincoln Group, Washington-based public relations firm paid by Pentagon, takes articles prepared by American military, translates them into Arabic and submits them to Iraqi newspapers or advertising agencies without revealing Pentagon's role; in addition to paying newspapers to print government propaganda, Lincoln has paid dozen Iraqi journalists whose past coverage has not been antagonistic to US; State Dept and United States Agency for International Development are paying contractors millions of dollars to help train journalists and promote professional and independent Iraqi media; Pentagon is paying millions more to Lincoln Group for work that appears to violate fundamental principles of Western journalism; military spokesmen claim they have no informatin on contract with Lincoln Group (M)

Full Article

In C.I.A. Leak, More Talks With Journalists

Date: 02 December 2005

By RICHARD W. STEVENSON and DOUGLAS JEHL

Richard STEVENSON

Conversation between Time magazine reporter Viveca Novak and Karl Rove attorney Robert D Luskin may have led Rove to change his testimony last year to grand jury in CIA leak case, according to people knowledgeable about sequence of events; some suggest that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is still trying to determine whether Rove was fully forthcoming with investigators (M)

Full Article

Bullet Points Over Baghdad

Date: 02 December 2005

By PAUL KRUGMAN; Thomas L. Friedman is on vacation

Paul KRUGMAN

Paul Krugman Op-Ed column says Pres Bush's new public relations offensive on Iraq is test for news media, to see if they are still too cowed, too addicted to articles that contain little more than dueling quotes to tell public when administration is saying things that are not true; says many major news organizations have failed to provide public with effective fact-checking of typical speeches by Pres Bush and Vice Pres Cheney; notes that refuting some of their upbeat assertions about Iraq requires specialized knowledge, but many of them can be quickly debunked by anyone with Internet connection (M)

Full Article

Spano Disputes Report on Boys' Deaths

Date: 01 December 2005

By ANAHAD O'CONNOR

Anahad O'CONNOR

Full Article

Exile Returns To Seek Justice In Ukraine Death

Date: 01 December 2005

By ANDREW E. KRAMER

Andrew KRAMER

Mikola Melnichenko returns to Ukraine after five years in exile in United States; he is former presidential bodyguard who implicated Pres Leonid D Kuchma in killing and beheading of muckraking journalist Georgy Gongadze in 2000; that killing and authorities' alleged cover-up became rallying cry in Orange Revolution; Viktor A Yushchenko, who succeeded Kuchma and pledged to solve Gongadze case, has not done so; Melnichenko says he will pursue case (M)

Full Article

Ruling for Maker Of BlackBerry

Date: 02 December 2005

Full Article

City's Schools Cut Racial Gap In Test Scores

Date: 02 December 2005

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN; Elissa Gootman, in New York, and John Files, in Washington, contributed reporting for this article

New York City narrows gap in achievement between black and Hispanic students and their white counterparts, outpacing 10 other large urban school districts in addressing such disparities; federal reading and math scores in fourth and eighth grades released on Dec 1 show urban districts over all making substantial progress in math and very limited gains in reading compared with 2002 and 2003, last time big-city schools were tested; in nationwide pattern, latest results show reading scores in urban districts are up in fourth grade but flat or lower in eighth grade; except for Austin, Tex, and Charlotte, NC, urban districts remain solidly below national average in both reading and math; New York City's strongest results are in fourth-grade math; city is also top urban district in both fourth and eighth grades among students eligible for free and reduced lunch, indicator of socioeconomic disadvantage; photo; graph (M)

Full Article

News Summary

Date: 02 December 2005

Full Article

Senate Summons Pentagon To Explain Effort to Plant Reports in Iraqi News Media

Date: 02 December 2005

By ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID S. CLOUD; Jeff Gerth contributed reporting for this article

Eric SCHMITT

Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, John W Warner, summons top Pentagon officials to closed-door session to explain reported secret military campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media; White House also expresses deep concerns about program, which is said to employ public relations firm Lincoln Group to translate articles written by American troops into Arabic; Gen George W Casey Jr initially protested that program should not be discussed publicly because it is classified; senior Pentagon official reportedly called Casey's response inadequate; photos (M)

Full Article

News Summary

Date: 01 December 2005

Full Article

U.S. Is Said to Pay to Plant Articles in Iraq Papers

Date: 01 December 2005

By JEFF GERTH and SCOTT SHANE; Eric Schmitt contributed reporting from Washington for this article, and Kirk Semple and Edward Wong from Baghdad

Jeff GERTH

United States military is said to be engaged in multimillion-dollar covert campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media and pay friendly Iraqi journalists monthly stipends; Lincoln Group, Washington-based public relations firm paid by Pentagon, takes articles prepared by American military, translates them into Arabic and submits them to Iraqi newspapers or advertising agencies without revealing Pentagon's role; in addition to paying newspapers to print government propaganda, Lincoln has paid dozen Iraqi journalists whose past coverage has not been antagonistic to US; State Dept and United States Agency for International Development are paying contractors millions of dollars to help train journalists and promote professional and independent Iraqi media; Pentagon is paying millions more to Lincoln Group for work that appears to violate fundamental principles of Western journalism; military spokesmen claim they have no informatin on contract with Lincoln Group (M)

Full Article

In C.I.A. Leak, More Talks With Journalists

Date: 02 December 2005

By RICHARD W. STEVENSON and DOUGLAS JEHL

Richard STEVENSON

Conversation between Time magazine reporter Viveca Novak and Karl Rove attorney Robert D Luskin may have led Rove to change his testimony last year to grand jury in CIA leak case, according to people knowledgeable about sequence of events; some suggest that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is still trying to determine whether Rove was fully forthcoming with investigators (M)

Full Article

Bullet Points Over Baghdad

Date: 02 December 2005

By PAUL KRUGMAN; Thomas L. Friedman is on vacation

Paul KRUGMAN

Paul Krugman Op-Ed column says Pres Bush's new public relations offensive on Iraq is test for news media, to see if they are still too cowed, too addicted to articles that contain little more than dueling quotes to tell public when administration is saying things that are not true; says many major news organizations have failed to provide public with effective fact-checking of typical speeches by Pres Bush and Vice Pres Cheney; notes that refuting some of their upbeat assertions about Iraq requires specialized knowledge, but many of them can be quickly debunked by anyone with Internet connection (M)

Full Article

Spano Disputes Report on Boys' Deaths

Date: 01 December 2005

By ANAHAD O'CONNOR

Anahad O'CONNOR

Full Article

Exile Returns To Seek Justice In Ukraine Death

Date: 01 December 2005

By ANDREW E. KRAMER

Andrew KRAMER

Mikola Melnichenko returns to Ukraine after five years in exile in United States; he is former presidential bodyguard who implicated Pres Leonid D Kuchma in killing and beheading of muckraking journalist Georgy Gongadze in 2000; that killing and authorities' alleged cover-up became rallying cry in Orange Revolution; Viktor A Yushchenko, who succeeded Kuchma and pledged to solve Gongadze case, has not done so; Melnichenko says he will pursue case (M)

Full Article

Ruling for Maker Of BlackBerry

Date: 02 December 2005

Full Article

City's Schools Cut Racial Gap In Test Scores

Date: 02 December 2005

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN; Elissa Gootman, in New York, and John Files, in Washington, contributed reporting for this article

New York City narrows gap in achievement between black and Hispanic students and their white counterparts, outpacing 10 other large urban school districts in addressing such disparities; federal reading and math scores in fourth and eighth grades released on Dec 1 show urban districts over all making substantial progress in math and very limited gains in reading compared with 2002 and 2003, last time big-city schools were tested; in nationwide pattern, latest results show reading scores in urban districts are up in fourth grade but flat or lower in eighth grade; except for Austin, Tex, and Charlotte, NC, urban districts remain solidly below national average in both reading and math; New York City's strongest results are in fourth-grade math; city is also top urban district in both fourth and eighth grades among students eligible for free and reduced lunch, indicator of socioeconomic disadvantage; photo; graph (M)

Full Article

News Summary

Date: 02 December 2005

Full Article

Senate Summons Pentagon To Explain Effort to Plant Reports in Iraqi News Media

Date: 02 December 2005

By ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID S. CLOUD; Jeff Gerth contributed reporting for this article

Eric SCHMITT

Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, John W Warner, summons top Pentagon officials to closed-door session to explain reported secret military campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media; White House also expresses deep concerns about program, which is said to employ public relations firm Lincoln Group to translate articles written by American troops into Arabic; Gen George W Casey Jr initially protested that program should not be discussed publicly because it is classified; senior Pentagon official reportedly called Casey's response inadequate; photos (M)

Full Article

News Summary

Date: 01 December 2005

Full Article

U.S. Is Said to Pay to Plant Articles in Iraq Papers

Date: 01 December 2005

By JEFF GERTH and SCOTT SHANE; Eric Schmitt contributed reporting from Washington for this article, and Kirk Semple and Edward Wong from Baghdad

Jeff GERTH

United States military is said to be engaged in multimillion-dollar covert campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media and pay friendly Iraqi journalists monthly stipends; Lincoln Group, Washington-based public relations firm paid by Pentagon, takes articles prepared by American military, translates them into Arabic and submits them to Iraqi newspapers or advertising agencies without revealing Pentagon's role; in addition to paying newspapers to print government propaganda, Lincoln has paid dozen Iraqi journalists whose past coverage has not been antagonistic to US; State Dept and United States Agency for International Development are paying contractors millions of dollars to help train journalists and promote professional and independent Iraqi media; Pentagon is paying millions more to Lincoln Group for work that appears to violate fundamental principles of Western journalism; military spokesmen claim they have no informatin on contract with Lincoln Group (M)

Full Article

In C.I.A. Leak, More Talks With Journalists

Date: 02 December 2005

By RICHARD W. STEVENSON and DOUGLAS JEHL

Richard STEVENSON

Conversation between Time magazine reporter Viveca Novak and Karl Rove attorney Robert D Luskin may have led Rove to change his testimony last year to grand jury in CIA leak case, according to people knowledgeable about sequence of events; some suggest that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is still trying to determine whether Rove was fully forthcoming with investigators (M)

Full Article

Bullet Points Over Baghdad

Date: 02 December 2005

By PAUL KRUGMAN; Thomas L. Friedman is on vacation

Paul KRUGMAN

Paul Krugman Op-Ed column says Pres Bush's new public relations offensive on Iraq is test for news media, to see if they are still too cowed, too addicted to articles that contain little more than dueling quotes to tell public when administration is saying things that are not true; says many major news organizations have failed to provide public with effective fact-checking of typical speeches by Pres Bush and Vice Pres Cheney; notes that refuting some of their upbeat assertions about Iraq requires specialized knowledge, but many of them can be quickly debunked by anyone with Internet connection (M)

Full Article

Spano Disputes Report on Boys' Deaths

Date: 01 December 2005

By ANAHAD O'CONNOR

Anahad O'CONNOR

Full Article

Exile Returns To Seek Justice In Ukraine Death

Date: 01 December 2005

By ANDREW E. KRAMER

Andrew KRAMER

Mikola Melnichenko returns to Ukraine after five years in exile in United States; he is former presidential bodyguard who implicated Pres Leonid D Kuchma in killing and beheading of muckraking journalist Georgy Gongadze in 2000; that killing and authorities' alleged cover-up became rallying cry in Orange Revolution; Viktor A Yushchenko, who succeeded Kuchma and pledged to solve Gongadze case, has not done so; Melnichenko says he will pursue case (M)

Full Article

Ruling for Maker Of BlackBerry

Date: 02 December 2005

Full Article

Date:

Full Article

City's Schools Cut Racial Gap In Test Scores

Date: 02 December 2005

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN; Elissa Gootman, in New York, and John Files, in Washington, contributed reporting for this article

New York City narrows gap in achievement between black and Hispanic students and their white counterparts, outpacing 10 other large urban school districts in addressing such disparities; federal reading and math scores in fourth and eighth grades released on Dec 1 show urban districts over all making substantial progress in math and very limited gains in reading compared with 2002 and 2003, last time big-city schools were tested; in nationwide pattern, latest results show reading scores in urban districts are up in fourth grade but flat or lower in eighth grade; except for Austin, Tex, and Charlotte, NC, urban districts remain solidly below national average in both reading and math; New York City's strongest results are in fourth-grade math; city is also top urban district in both fourth and eighth grades among students eligible for free and reduced lunch, indicator of socioeconomic disadvantage; photo; graph (M)

Full Article

News Summary

Date: 02 December 2005

Full Article

Senate Summons Pentagon To Explain Effort to Plant Reports in Iraqi News Media

Date: 02 December 2005

By ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID S. CLOUD; Jeff Gerth contributed reporting for this article

Eric SCHMITT

Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, John W Warner, summons top Pentagon officials to closed-door session to explain reported secret military campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media; White House also expresses deep concerns about program, which is said to employ public relations firm Lincoln Group to translate articles written by American troops into Arabic; Gen George W Casey Jr initially protested that program should not be discussed publicly because it is classified; senior Pentagon official reportedly called Casey's response inadequate; photos (M)

Full Article

News Summary

Date: 01 December 2005

Full Article

U.S. Is Said to Pay to Plant Articles in Iraq Papers

Date: 01 December 2005

By JEFF GERTH and SCOTT SHANE; Eric Schmitt contributed reporting from Washington for this article, and Kirk Semple and Edward Wong from Baghdad

Jeff GERTH

United States military is said to be engaged in multimillion-dollar covert campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media and pay friendly Iraqi journalists monthly stipends; Lincoln Group, Washington-based public relations firm paid by Pentagon, takes articles prepared by American military, translates them into Arabic and submits them to Iraqi newspapers or advertising agencies without revealing Pentagon's role; in addition to paying newspapers to print government propaganda, Lincoln has paid dozen Iraqi journalists whose past coverage has not been antagonistic to US; State Dept and United States Agency for International Development are paying contractors millions of dollars to help train journalists and promote professional and independent Iraqi media; Pentagon is paying millions more to Lincoln Group for work that appears to violate fundamental principles of Western journalism; military spokesmen claim they have no informatin on contract with Lincoln Group (M)

Full Article

In C.I.A. Leak, More Talks With Journalists

Date: 02 December 2005

By RICHARD W. STEVENSON and DOUGLAS JEHL

Richard STEVENSON

Conversation between Time magazine reporter Viveca Novak and Karl Rove attorney Robert D Luskin may have led Rove to change his testimony last year to grand jury in CIA leak case, according to people knowledgeable about sequence of events; some suggest that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is still trying to determine whether Rove was fully forthcoming with investigators (M)

Full Article

Bullet Points Over Baghdad

Date: 02 December 2005

By PAUL KRUGMAN; Thomas L. Friedman is on vacation

Paul KRUGMAN

Paul Krugman Op-Ed column says Pres Bush's new public relations offensive on Iraq is test for news media, to see if they are still too cowed, too addicted to articles that contain little more than dueling quotes to tell public when administration is saying things that are not true; says many major news organizations have failed to provide public with effective fact-checking of typical speeches by Pres Bush and Vice Pres Cheney; notes that refuting some of their upbeat assertions about Iraq requires specialized knowledge, but many of them can be quickly debunked by anyone with Internet connection (M)

Full Article

Spano Disputes Report on Boys' Deaths

Date: 01 December 2005

By ANAHAD O'CONNOR

Anahad O'CONNOR

Full Article

Exile Returns To Seek Justice In Ukraine Death

Date: 01 December 2005

By ANDREW E. KRAMER

Andrew KRAMER

Mikola Melnichenko returns to Ukraine after five years in exile in United States; he is former presidential bodyguard who implicated Pres Leonid D Kuchma in killing and beheading of muckraking journalist Georgy Gongadze in 2000; that killing and authorities' alleged cover-up became rallying cry in Orange Revolution; Viktor A Yushchenko, who succeeded Kuchma and pledged to solve Gongadze case, has not done so; Melnichenko says he will pursue case (M)

Full Article

Ruling for Maker Of BlackBerry

Date: 02 December 2005

Full Article

City's Schools Cut Racial Gap In Test Scores

Date: 02 December 2005

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN; Elissa Gootman, in New York, and John Files, in Washington, contributed reporting for this article

New York City narrows gap in achievement between black and Hispanic students and their white counterparts, outpacing 10 other large urban school districts in addressing such disparities; federal reading and math scores in fourth and eighth grades released on Dec 1 show urban districts over all making substantial progress in math and very limited gains in reading compared with 2002 and 2003, last time big-city schools were tested; in nationwide pattern, latest results show reading scores in urban districts are up in fourth grade but flat or lower in eighth grade; except for Austin, Tex, and Charlotte, NC, urban districts remain solidly below national average in both reading and math; New York City's strongest results are in fourth-grade math; city is also top urban district in both fourth and eighth grades among students eligible for free and reduced lunch, indicator of socioeconomic disadvantage; photo; graph (M)

Full Article

News Summary

Date: 02 December 2005

Full Article

Senate Summons Pentagon To Explain Effort to Plant Reports in Iraqi News Media

Date: 02 December 2005

By ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID S. CLOUD; Jeff Gerth contributed reporting for this article

Eric SCHMITT

Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, John W Warner, summons top Pentagon officials to closed-door session to explain reported secret military campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media; White House also expresses deep concerns about program, which is said to employ public relations firm Lincoln Group to translate articles written by American troops into Arabic; Gen George W Casey Jr initially protested that program should not be discussed publicly because it is classified; senior Pentagon official reportedly called Casey's response inadequate; photos (M)

Full Article

News Summary

Date: 01 December 2005

Full Article

U.S. Is Said to Pay to Plant Articles in Iraq Papers

Date: 01 December 2005

By JEFF GERTH and SCOTT SHANE; Eric Schmitt contributed reporting from Washington for this article, and Kirk Semple and Edward Wong from Baghdad

Jeff GERTH

United States military is said to be engaged in multimillion-dollar covert campaign to plant paid propaganda in Iraqi news media and pay friendly Iraqi journalists monthly stipends; Lincoln Group, Washington-based public relations firm paid by Pentagon, takes articles prepared by American military, translates them into Arabic and submits them to Iraqi newspapers or advertising agencies without revealing Pentagon's role; in addition to paying newspapers to print government propaganda, Lincoln has paid dozen Iraqi journalists whose past coverage has not been antagonistic to US; State Dept and United States Agency for International Development are paying contractors millions of dollars to help train journalists and promote professional and independent Iraqi media; Pentagon is paying millions more to Lincoln Group for work that appears to violate fundamental principles of Western journalism; military spokesmen claim they have no informatin on contract with Lincoln Group (M)

Full Article

In C.I.A. Leak, More Talks With Journalists

Date: 02 December 2005

By RICHARD W. STEVENSON and DOUGLAS JEHL

Richard STEVENSON

Conversation between Time magazine reporter Viveca Novak and Karl Rove attorney Robert D Luskin may have led Rove to change his testimony last year to grand jury in CIA leak case, according to people knowledgeable about sequence of events; some suggest that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is still trying to determine whether Rove was fully forthcoming with investigators (M)

Full Article

Bullet Points Over Baghdad

Date: 02 December 2005

By PAUL KRUGMAN; Thomas L. Friedman is on vacation

Paul KRUGMAN

Paul Krugman Op-Ed column says Pres Bush's new public relations offensive on Iraq is test for news media, to see if they are still too cowed, too addicted to articles that contain little more than dueling quotes to tell public when administration is saying things that are not true; says many major news organizations have failed to provide public with effective fact-checking of typical speeches by Pres Bush and Vice Pres Cheney; notes that refuting some of their upbeat assertions about Iraq requires specialized knowledge, but many of them can be quickly debunked by anyone with Internet connection (M)

Full Article

Spano Disputes Report on Boys' Deaths

Date: 01 December 2005

By ANAHAD O'CONNOR

Anahad O'CONNOR

Full Article

Exile Returns To Seek Justice In Ukraine Death

Date: 01 December 2005

By ANDREW E. KRAMER

Andrew KRAMER

Mikola Melnichenko returns to Ukraine after five years in exile in United States; he is former presidential bodyguard who implicated Pres Leonid D Kuchma in killing and beheading of muckraking journalist Georgy Gongadze in 2000; that killing and authorities' alleged cover-up became rallying cry in Orange Revolution; Viktor A Yushchenko, who succeeded Kuchma and pledged to solve Gongadze case, has not done so; Melnichenko says he will pursue case (M)

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Date: 02 December 2005

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City's Schools Cut Racial Gap In Test Scores

Date: 02 December 2005

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN; Elissa Gootman, in New York, and John Files, in Washington, contributed reporting for this article

New York City narrows gap in achievement between black and Hispanic students and their white counterparts, outpacing 10 other large urban school districts in addressing such disparities; federal reading and math scores in fourth and eighth grades released on Dec 1 show urban districts over all making substantial progress in math and very limited gains in reading compared with 2002 and 2003, last time big-city schools were tested; in nationwide pattern, latest results show reading scores in urban districts are up in fourth grade but flat or lower in eighth grade; except for Austin, Tex, and Charlotte, NC, urban districts remain solidly below national average in both reading and math; New York City's strongest results are in fourth-grade math; city is also top urban district in both fourth and eighth grades among students eligible for free and reduced lunch, indicator of socioeconomic disadvantage; photo; graph (M)

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